| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: sympathized with that of another. The old man now understood both the
hopes and the fears of the poor woman. The letter was from her son. He
had returned to France to share in Granville's expedition, and was
taken prisoner. The letter was written from his cell, but it told her
to hope. He did not doubt his means of escape, and he named to her
three days, on one of which he expected to be with her in disguise.
But in case he did not reach Carentan by the third day, she might know
some fatal difficulty had occurred, and the letter contained his last
wishes and a sad farewell. The paper trembled in the old man's hand.
"This is the third day," cried the countess, rising and walking
hurriedly up and down.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson: once into a sort of confidentiality.
Northmour stared after her as she went away over the sand-hill
"She is the only woman in the world!" he exclaimed with an oath.
"Look at her action."
I, for my part, leaped at this opportunity for a little further
light.
"See here, Northmour," said I; "we are all in a tight place, are we
not?"
"I believe you, my boy," he answered, looking me in the eyes, and
with great emphasis. "We have all hell upon us, that's the truth.
You may believe me or not, but I'm afraid of my life."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: call our signs lies, these are the fellows of hell.
O ye who believe! remember God's favour towards you, when a people
intended to stretch their hands against you, but He withheld their
hands from you; and upon God let believers rely.
God did take a compact from the children of Israel, and raised up of
them twelve wardens; and God said, 'Verily, I am with you, if ye be
steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and believe in my apostles, and
assist them, and lend to God a goodly loan; then will I cover your
offences and make you enter gardens beneath which rivers flow: and
whoso disbelieves after that, he hath erred from the level way.
And for that they broke their compact, we cursed them, and placed in
The Koran |
